Black Redstart remaining site faithful to the disused building occasionally dropping down to the car park still present 14.30

Female black redstart in the car park & the back of the trafford park hotel, was showing well

8 lapwing flew west over Ashburton road west as I was leaving work at 1pm.

On my way to work there was a male blackcap in full song in the trafford park hotel car park at 1.05pm.
Also 2 song thrush.

Peregrine falcon over trafford park Road on my way home from work at 1.10pm headed towards centenary bridge probably going to hunt the pigeons there.

Cuckoo flying north over the Trafford Centre bus station at 4pm.
Ray

Yesterday morning on my way to work a sedge warbler was singing on guiness rd next to johns diner, this morning it was still there & managed to see it this time.

a male blackcap was singing in the car park of the Trafford park hotel around 12pm.

A chiffchaff was at irmass industrial estate, Trafford park road as I was on my home from work at 2pm, I stopped to watch it as it was flitting around the bushes calling constantly.

Sparrowhawk over Bowlers exhibition centre, 1pm

lots of black headed gulls feeding on village circle/village way/wharfside way on my way home from work tonight at 10.05pm. hundreds of them on the nearby roofs of Viking international & what use to be the builders centre.
since I started my shifts back in may, when I am on my 2-10 shift I have noticed the number of gulls increasing hugely, espeacialy over the last month, but they don't stay on the same roofs each night they do move around a lot, must be in the thousands now

lesser whitethroat singing along Trafford wharf road up near Churchill way opposite viridor waste management in the compound where the round tanks are on my way home from work at 2.05pm.

Warblers in song this morning:

Blackcaps - 5
Willow Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 1

I'd walked the full length of the Park.

Single swallow over the ecology park at 4.40pm on my way home from work, heading in the direction of weaste etw.

Woodcock low over Ashburton Rd West near B&Q.

Woodcock feeding under trees on canal behind ASDA pm.

on my way home from work at 12.50pm a flock off feral pigeons were being harassed by a juvenile peregrine falcon around the rank hovis on Trafford park road. I stood on elevator road getting fantastic views as it pursued the pigeons, it did not catch anything in the 20 mins I was watching, but got very close on a couple of occasions it soon disappeared out off view.

single female wheatear was on the grass of village circle/ village way/warfside way, Trafford park on my home from work at 4.40pm, despite having a bright orange cycle jacket on it let me get within 15ft of it and then carried on feeding

There's a Wood Pigeon that appears to be melanistic around the Tenax raoundabout, also seen this bird on the banks of the MSC at Weaste in June & on Weaste ETW last autumn

along the Bridgewater canal one Grey wagtail, 2 Heron, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat and Chiffchaff.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 6th of July 2013 05:14:21 PM

15th May

1 Rook on lawn adjacent to J9 M60

What looked very like a Cockatiel fluttering south over Trafford Park @ 4:30pm (seen thru sunroof of moving vehicle)

As I was pulling into the car park at the Debenham's end of the Trafford Centre tonight, a Barn Owl flew out of the shrubbery.

8am
5+ Lapwings at the location of the former Proctor & Gamble warehouse next to Centenary Bridge (now a derelict site).
Sparrowhawk over Parkway Circle.

One Buzzard circling over Parkway at 2pm was joined briefly by one Raven.

lesser whitethroat first for the year tenax rd/tenax circle 6.30am. singing and showing briefly.

male whitethroat singing next to arco/ tenax circle on my journey to work this morning at 6.35am

another 3 willow warblers(all heard only) on my cycle through trafford park this morning.
1st one in trees opposite the mufc n5 car park on wharfside way.
2nd one in trees on trafford park rd/mellors rd.
3rd one on my home from work at the ecology park.
also had 1 kestrel on tall lights on large circle at europa way/wharfside way, 2 lapwings on the same circle.
1 swallow over tenax circle/centenary way.
1 swift over my works,guiness rd trading estate.
a very pleasant cycle to work

peregrine falcon over work (guiness rd trading estate) this morning at 10. 35am,it had a little dig at one off the two great black backed gulls that were flying over it soon decided to go in the other direction,towards cargill hopefully to try for something a little smaller like a pigeon

on my way to work this morning between 6.10-6.35am...

blackcap singing in trees on wharfside way opposite mufc n2 east car park.
blackcap singing at trafford park hotel 3rd avenue.
blackcap singing at the ecology park,chiffchaff singing there also.
oystercatcher over trafford park rd near premier park.
2 lapwings feeding on the large circle at europa way/wharfside way on my way home from work at 3pm.

14.05

Seen on the short walk from the Lowry centre to the War Museum.
2 displaying Great crested grebes
2 Tufted duck
Sparrowhawk being mobbed by 2 Black headed gulls.

8 lapwings feeding on large circle at europa way/wharfside way on my home from work at 5.20pm.

common buzzard soaring low over my works on guiness rd trading estate this morning at 11.50am.
also 2 pied wagtails around our car park.

on my way home from work at 1.15pm, chiffchaff was at the ecology park & a sparrowhawk over head.

chiffchaff heard on my way to work this morning at 6.20am,in the trees opposite the mufc n5 car park on wharfside way. could not stick around long enough to actually see it

common buzzard being harrased by 2 crows over guiness rd trading estate at 11.05am,crows eventually dived down out off view & the buzzard drifted off towards eccles.

also had a sparrowhawk circling over the ecology park/trafford park rd on my home from work at 3.50pm.

common buzzard being harassed by a b h gull over guinness rd trading estate at 1.55pm,then headed off towards salford.

after hearing constant redwings on my 20 mins cylce to work this morning at 6.15 am,eventually seen 11 redwing over guinness rd trading estate heading south at 9.05am,my first for autumn

17/09/11 1630hrs

In Utd car park N3 on the John Gilbert Way;
245 Black Headed Gull
16 Common Gull
2 Lesser Black Backed Gull

Today:

Several Lapwing
Lots of Goldfinch
Collared Dove
1 Very confident Jay at the very edge of TC on a motorway crash barrier oblivious to passing cars!
1 Female Sparrowhawk - showed well on the roof of a unit by the canal for a few minutes.
A few Dunnocks Song Thrushes and Starlings feeding
1 Greenfinch - on ground-level probably worm-probing, as was a Goldfinch.

Plus the usuals




-- Edited by John Doherty on Sunday 29th of May 2011 09:36:13 PM

Lesser whitethroat still close to roundabout,tenax rd/centenary way. Calling and moving around small area,so not giving good views.
At 6.30am.

-- Edited by steven burke on Tuesday 3rd of May 2011 08:39:38 AM

Lesser whitethroat this morning 6.40am (lifer) at roundabout on centenary way opposite arco. First heard then seen a couple times,could not stick around fo long had to go to work. also whitethroat at next circle,before centenary bridge.

late post for yesterday Sat 23/04/11

Peregrine over Daytona Go Karting centre heading south as I was leaving Old Trafford after the match. Also Kestrel over Old Trafford stadium.

2 buzzards over Trafford Park Road at 10-40am.

1.30pm had 1 peregrine falcon and 3 common buzzard circling over guinnes/harp/kestrel trading estate.

on my way to work this morning 6.30am,the chiiffchaff at the ecology park now has the company off a blackcap. also near guiness rd 2 very noisey oystercatchers. then later in the morning whilst at work around 11.30am had a swallow fly over as i went outside to get some paint (good timing)

Originally posted by Steven Burke today:

3 times this week on my way to work going past ecology park tue,wed and today at 6.30am had a chiffchaff singing,but no signs off it on my back at 3.45.

Kingfisher flying up Warren Bruce Road this morning 8am !!!!!!!

Good to see a flock of 25+ Greenfinch (given the current disease problems they are having) using some tall evergreens on Mercury Way as a roosting site this evening. Noted them in the vacinity a couple of times last week and tracked them down to here, so presume its a regular site.

Tuesday 21 December 2010

A very festive sighting this evening while xmas shopping, a Robin was inside the Trafford Centre flying between the fake trees (complete with xmas lights) near John Lewis.